Mr.Bill347

I have a number of duplicate proof sets for sale. , 1989, 1990, and 1998. Message me with you best offer if interested.

Australia New South Wales 15 pence HOME RESEARCH AND COLLECTIONS SIGNIFICANT COLLECTIONS SIR WILLIAM DIXSON NUMISMATIC COLLECTION Sir William Dixson numismatic collection Over the course of his lifetime the wealthy Sydney businessman Sir William Dixson (1870–1952) amassed one of the world’s most extensive Australiana collections. The collection included paintings, rare books, maps, manuscripts and one of the finest numismatic collections in Australia. (Numismatics is the study or collection of coins, banknotes and medals.) There are over 7800 coins, notes and tokens in the collection and together they are a highly significant and valuable collection for any researcher interested in Australia’s colonial past. One of the most significant coins collected by Dixson is the Holey Dollar. In the early years of the colony a lack of currency meant that most of Sydney’s financial dealings were made by bartering rum, corn and other produce. In 1812 Governor Macquarie imported 40,000 Spanish dollars to provide local currency. The centre was cut out of the coin to double the number of available coins. The outer ring became known as the ‘holey dollar’, and the centre was called the ‘dump’. The Dixson collection includes 60 holey dollars and only 300 are known to exist globally. The first officially minted Australian coins were issued in the wake of the influx of wealth caused by the discovery of gold. The Dixson collection includes many of these early coins and other examples of first issue coins minted in Australia, commemorative coins, original dies and even examples of forgeries. One of the rarer examples is a restrike of the 1852 Adelaide ‘Square Pound’, it is one of only 12 made from the original dies. The collection also contains many examples of rare, locally produced tokens used by Australian businesses for their daily transactions including the first Australian-made tokens issued by Peek and Campbell, who had them made locally by JC Thornthwaite in 1852. It also holds examples of 1823 tokens imported by the Hobart firm, Macintosh and Degraves, for its Cascade Sawmill business. Almost as rare are the examples of the 1849 tokens by Annand, Smith & Co, family grocers in Melbourne. One reason Australian tokens are so collectable is because they were made illegal in 1868 and were withdrawn from circulation. The absence of local currency in the colony’s early years also led to the extensive use of redeemable promissory notes in lieu of money. These were produced by local businesses but were also issued by the government administrators. Many were produced on flimsy bits of paper which could fall apart before the owner was able to exchange them for coins or goods — hence few have survived. Those in the Dixson collection now provide valuable insights into the financial and social fabric of early Sydney and the later settlements. The Australian bank cheques, and promissory notes in Dixson’s collection cover a broad time period and significant events in Australia’s past. Examples include early currency notes payable in Spanish dollars, a Wesleyan Methodist Missionary Society Bill of Exchange from 1826, paper money issued during the Australian occupation of German New Guinea in 1914; and money printed during the Japanese occupation of Malaya in World War Two. Given the central role which money played in the early cultural history of Australia it provides researchers with a unique and palpable window into Australian life in the wake of European settlement.  On his death in 1952 Dixson bequeathed his numismatic collection to the Library along with the rest of his extensive collection. A detailed listing of the Dixson numismatic collection is available in our online catalogue and many of the coins, tokens and notes have been digitised.

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Love those Brittania’s i have several, King George 4. King George 6, Victoria, Elizabeth coronation, marriage, Prince Charles and Diana, Churchill and a lot more. None of them graded but self slabbed examples. Your wife should love them. also have an extensive Canadian collection with a whole lot of Kings and Queens that she would also like. Careful you just might turn her into a collector.

I was checking eBay sold items and it looks like the raw sets are going about $70-$100, while the graded 70 sets are several hundred or more. Even if they came back as a 68 or 69 this might be the time to get these graded as they are the only ones edge incused. IMHO I would send them in.

PMD preventable money disfacing, or better known as post mint damage.

I got bitten by the proof set bug last year. Started with a few, then got a 1955 set, and took off from there. Now over 60 sets, and 7 to go. Including the SMS sets, and one lone 2011 silver set, and one duplicate 2008. Over 560 proof coins in all. It has been fun, and expensive but according to PCGS proof set values, I’ve spent 50% of what they are worth. I’ve been lucky on many of them , as collectors seem to shy away due to the sheer volume. Almost all of them were purchased well below current value including shipping. Some sets are really valuable, and storage of them is an issue. The ones I need yet are 2014-2020. I can’t stop now, so plan to finish my set. If anybody has the seven I need, and willing to part, let me know. Maybe someday, I’ll get the ones prior to 1955, but these are getting as rare as hens teeth. I know of one 1954 set in ogp for $130. The most I’ve paid so far is the 1955 set in envelope and the 2012 set both were $70. I know, it was an impulse thing, but I like knowing that I have every production series proof coin since 1955. I’ve been logging cost, PCGS prices, and retail prices on all of them. I don’t think of selling them, but maybe someday as a massive group. Yes numismatics are crazy.

Yep I tried three times to get a 69 but settled for a 68 . I wasn’t ever going to pay over $70 for a penny. I wouldn’t be able to live with myself. Lol.

Such as this beauty I got for $25

Got that JP ha of course you would notice that. It was one of the five

Laugh now I have a harder task of finding a 1976 NGC PF69 * Lincoln cent to complete the set.

I would say PMD some kind of acid or sandblasting?

Just about . Just under $9 each. Good deal for graded proof * coins

Greed by the mint, by the TPG companies, dealers, I’m glad I withstood the 8 minutes of total chaos to get mine for a very reasonable price. Not liking the direction these specialty coins are moving.

I got an entire set of Proof 69, Four of them 69* NGC 1976 coins. At my price too !

Nice JP. Who put the image of a dragon in Monticello. Enlarge it you’ll see it. MM does look a little funny.

Makes me think that they have become part of the problem!

I would agree, sure wouldn’t cough up 80 large to buy that coin without that document!

Very interesting Mike. The fix is in! strategic money making!

Granted is WAS the LAST one struck but if you recall, this coin sold out in 8 minutes and I got one!

No it was good I typed v the number wrong. Yes I love it too, but not as much as the CC

Stacks Bowers NGC MS70 ASE sold for $85,000 ! what ok so if I have one albeit an MS69. , gotta wonder!

Nice again JP. The steps on that 1972 are incredible. What's that fuzzy spot on the reverse of the 1972. Looks like the metal was smooshed there a little. I've seen those striations before but I don't know what the term is for those.

Thanks Sandon and Coinbuf and RWB. I wasn’t expecting to profit on these. But they are nice enough to hang on to.